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FUCKING HACKER

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

PORITZ WIENERMAN MORE JACKING LESS HACKING

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

Show no weakness.

Ever.

Everyone has weaknesses.

The only difference is that some show them, others don't.

But it's exactly like in any nature documentary.

It's the weak animals that get attacked by the predators.

Hey, "Edward Snowden"! Stalked anyone today, creep?

Great reference! Snowden wasn't a stalker, that's why he blew the whistle! Idiot!

There's no way around it. Every one of us is playing a role.

It's only a question of whether people buy it.

Moritz.

Forget it. It's actually not such a bad picture of me.

We're drug kings now. We don't have to put up with this anymore.

What now?

Moritz!

Lisa makes a schoolwide announcement because you were on her Facebook

and now you want to give her a book full of your WhatsApp messages?

Who exactly shat in your brain?

I...

You haven't learned a thing. Nothing!

Just say sorry to her, like a normal person.

- What are you doing? - Saying sorry.

SORRY THAT I...

Like a normal person!

What's wrong with you?

- If you want my advice... - Yeah.

You do?

Okay.

I read on the Internet that there are bees...

Seriously?

There are two types of people in the world... bees and flies.

Bees are smart, like us, and flies are dumb.

- Like Daniel. - Right. Look.

Okay.

If you trap them in a bottle,

the bee will fly out towards the light.

The fly will fly into the side a hundred times

until it finds the way out by chance.

- Pretty dumb. - Yes.

But if you turn the bottle upside down,

the bee will still fly upwards.

There's no way out. The fly keeps flying into the sides,

until it eventually finds a way out.

The bee dies in the bottle.

If you ask me, Lisa has flipped the bottle.

And you need to start thinking like a fly.

That's your advice, Master Yoda?

Broken your heart is. Sorry I am, young padawan.

You're taking way too many drugs.

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Lenny's right about at least one thing.

Other people don't decide who I am. I still have to decide that for myself.

Bee, fly, nerd, boss,

Hackerman, or drug baron.

What's important is that my role feels right to me.

Let's do one more selfie.

- Get home safe. - Thanks, bye.

Carlotta, honey! Hurry up!

What are you doing?

My shoe was untied.

Yeah, right.

Get in, sweetie. Leon has to get to trampoline practice.

Who was that?

We met on Instagram. She has over 2,700 followers.

Where was I?

- Your role needs to feel right to you? - Yeah.

It's never been so easy as it is today to pretend you're somebody else.

I mean, just look at my sister.

In Rinseln, she's a boring, annoying 11-year-old.

But on the Internet, she's pretty much a fucking celebrity.

And so, to help you pull out the tin foil better,

simply press in the flaps on the sides of the box!

Did you know that? That deserves a thumbs up.

See you next time!

You know it's not real, right?

They don't really care about you.

What's with the aggression?

Forget it, Dad. I can handle Moritz.

People are happy when you reply and they get to be a part of it somehow.

Thanks, I know how social media works.

Everyone at school knows...

DELETE YOURSELF. FUCKING STALKER.

...that you know how it works, but you have no idea about people.

Or did you realize that Dad's rustling the paper...

PORITZ WIENERMAN - MORE JACKING LESS HACKING

...so you notice he's in it because he arrested a drug dealer.

LOCAL

Oh, that? Never mind.

But it's true, your dad caught a big fish the other day.

POLICE CATCH DRUG DEALER

The guy supplied Rinseln with drugs for years.

All of Rinseln?

- Crazy! - Yes, but it's over now.

I'm proud of you, Dad.

SEEN THIS RECENTLY?

Moritz.

We found a few of this guy's phones.

Unfortunately, they haven't gotten us anywhere.

But we also seized a laptop, and we're sure it has clues on it

to lead us to people he might have been working with.

But it's asking for a password.

Do you think it could be possible somehow...

to hack into it?

Yeah.

I can take a look if you want.

That's your specialty.

Destroying evidence?

Okay. That's the most criminal idea you've ever had.

How can you act like that's not a big deal?

There's no way he didn't Google us.

They've probably already found something on us

and now your dad's about to bust in to arrest us.

Then we go to jail with Buba and he kills us. Great job.

First, my dad never comes in my room. And second,

if they had somehow cracked Buba's laptop, we wouldn't be sitting here right now.

I'll get into it somehow, Lenny.

I'm Hackerman. Have you forgotten?

Just enjoy the fact that MyDrugs is going so well right now.

The people on the Darknet love us.

Yeah, and the people in the real world hate us.

Just forget Dan.

In three years, he only sold as much as we did in a week.

His dealer's in jail, and ours has a fucking plane!

- Boom! - Yeah, boom.

Forget the people out there. Focus on the ones in here.

For me from now on, it's no private life,

no girlfriend... full concentration.

Oh, yeah. And not another word about Lisa. I promise.

What exactly do you mean, "the cold"?

Just imagine if you'd almost killed your own sister.

That is, by accident, while playing.

After that, you pull back. You want to be totally alone.

There's this constant fear of hurting someone.

To find out who you really are, it helps in these situations to sing.

Like, sing a lot.

Singing also helps with the cold.

Even now, it stirs up a lot of memories from childhood.

What kind of memories, exactly?

A talking snowman, a reindeer, and a castle made of ice.

Haven't you ever watched Frozen? Elsa, the Snow Queen?

Great movie. It was cool to talk about it.

Bambi next time? I still haven't gotten over that one.

Yes, it's always easier to pretend you're someone else.

You can give your pills to my mother.

She has a collection at home.

We can go. I'm cured.

Mrs. Novak, can I talk to you a moment?

- Hi. - Hi.

Most awkward places to randomly run into each other...

number one, the therapist's.

Well, there are worse places. Right?

Like where?

Porn section at the video store?

Okay, I meant people with an Internet connection.

Gotta go.

Too bad, we can't tell each other why we're here.

Of course a guy like him needs a therapist.

It's no wonder, knowing his father.

We just kicked him out of the Lions Club for not paying his dues.

What an asshole.

Look. I was here the other day.

Atlas Base. Unfortunately a little buggy, but...

- Awesome. - Yeah, right?

- Do you still play, or...? - Watch out, they have rice pudding!

It's a crime against humanity, if you ask me.

Celine and I wanted to meet again tonight for the Artemis Quest.

- So, if you want... - Look! Hackerman!

- Who sent you this? - Want to come with, like you used to?

Attention! The rice pudding is legendary.

- Ladies. - Hello?

Hello?

Your freak ex apparently hacked into Melanie's cloud

and stole nude photos, by the way.

That can't be true. Why would Moritz do that?

No idea. Why do stalkers stalk?

- Moritz isn't a stalker. It was one time... - One time?

How do you know? He could have hacked anyone here.

Hacked? He had his girlfriend's password.

Just because you have a crush on him doesn't mean you have to defend him.

Dan says that Moritz always likes Melanie's Instagram photos.

If Melanie doesn't want any likes, she shouldn't post any photos.

You guys figure it out for yourselves.

- It's still stalking. - No. It's just liking on Instagram!

- After 15 pics, it's stalking. - Is that the rule?

- Yes. - No!

It is! Shit!

Is this why you're seeing a therapist?

Not exactly.

You're the last person I expected to see there.

Why?

I don't know. You give off...

The impression that I don't have any problems?

My father has money problems.

My mother has white wine problems.

- So they send their son to therapy? - No, Dr. Stöcker was my idea.

Oh.

And you?

My mom dragged me there.

She doesn't like the way I am, or the people I hang out with.

Then let's take a sugar-sweet photo for her.

No...

So she knows who you hang out with.

Come on.

- Smile! - No, man!

Just one!

Make a sweet face.

- But don't post it. - No?

- No! - I mean, give up a little of yourself

in exchange for a few hearts?

Serotonin is serotonin.

According to Dr. Stöcker.

And it's a great photo.

Hey, would you maybe want to do something together sometime?

Your mom doesn't have to know.

See you.

Likes are like sugar.

A short impulse straight to the brain to inject happiness hormones.

You know it from biology. Serotonin and stuff.

Why do you think Mark Zuckerberg is so rich?

He sells happiness feelings to addicts on a massive scale.

Addicts like you! How many times have you already checked

your Instagram account during this episode?

See? It's totally normal!

Positive comments make me happy, too!

But remember. It's not real.

Those people don't really know you.

It doesn't matter how much love you get,

but rather from whom you get it.

LISA NOVAK BLOCKED YOU

LENNY - ONLINE FOR 13 MIN MESSAGE

HEY, DO YOU HAVE A SEC?

It's really scary, the Internet.

You push the wrong button, just once, and already...

It's working. Sometimes you just need to switch to airplane mode.

You sweetheart, what would I do without you?

TOWN OF RINSELN

DOCUMENTS FOR ADOPTION OF A FOSTER CHILD...

DEAR MRS. SANDER,

ATTACHED... REQUIRED APPLICATION DOCUMENTS FOR A FOSTER CHILD.

FOSTER CHILD

FREE NOW. WHAT'S UP?

I THINK LISA'S DATING DAN...

OH, NOTHING MUCH.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

I THINK MY MOM WANTS TO REPLACE ME

WHEN I'M DEAD.

YEAH, DOING FINE.

CCSHARP: ANOTHER ROUND LATER? LXAM: OUT LATER FOR TRAINING

XKIRA7: EVERYTHING OKAY? LENNY: REALLY SHITTY DAY

MY MOM WANTS TO ADOPT A FOSTER KID

XKIRA7: IF YOU WANT TO TALK... CALL ME

Hey, this is good news.

We drop the criminal charge, and about Buba...

just don't worry about him.

We'll find something. Everything's okay.

Yeah. Everything's okay.

Come on, I'll drive you.

It seems like your father's not coming.

I could tell you stories from when I was younger.

I remember one time we were drunk in front of City Hall...

Marco Riffert!

When have we ever had a national athlete in the house?

Yes, I played two great matches, I'll give you that.

And I'm sure you have better things to do than babysit a wannabe dealer, right?

I was just telling Daniel...

Then again, in Rinseln there really isn't anything better to do.

Come on, let's go.

And if you see an illegally-parked black Porsche Cayenne,

just don't give it a ticket, okay? Let's go.

What's wrong? You want to stay here?

Sooner or later, you'll end up with the pigs anyway.

Police officers, I mean. Police officers. Let's go.

In my opinion...

Daniel showed a lot of character and took responsibility.

And for that, he's due some respect from his father.

That sounds cute. I think you listen to too much Cat Stevens.

Come on, move it.

Trust is important.

Especially between father and son.

Think about it. How many people use the Darknet every day?

No idea.

- Two million. - In Germany?

- Worldwide. - Really? That's not many.

- How many are on the Clear Web? - Four billion.

Yeah, how'd you know that?

We wanted to open an online store once. Remember that?

The shop system is getting better and better, but we're hardly growing.

First-class engagement rate, but lousy reach!

If we stay in the Darknet, we'll never make that million!

And it would all have been for nothing.

We have to go on the Clear Web.

The Clear Web?

Why not just sell the shit at school, like Dan?

Dan is just a fly. It's what the bees do that counts.

And one of the bees happens to be a crypto-genius.

- But still... - Unless the genius is telling me

that a Clear Web shop can't be made as untraceable as a Darknet shop.

Our logistics manager is coming.

Well, I wouldn't say impossible.

TLS, VPN cascade with seven proxies. We run the server from Iceland

and register the domain in China.

They don't cooperate with German law enforcement.

And once those things are in the mailbox, nothing leads back to us anyway.

There! He got it! I told you he'd be happy!

Yeah, a Clear Web shop would just be a ton of work.

Moritz, think about it.

Is that really what you want to do with your life?

Sell drugs professionally?

Of course not!

Reed Hastings used to sell vacuum cleaners before he started Netflix.

It's just a stepping stone.

- A stepping stone? - Yeah, a stepping stone.

Now he's taking our present.

- What’s he doing now? - Huh?

- Head down! - Shit.

Don't look!

He threw them away?

What the hell?

Things don't seem to be going so badly for them after all.

XKIRA7: HERE'S THE GIRL WHO KEEPS BEATING YOU AT DOTA

Who's that?

Whose profile is that?

A girl from DOTA.

Ranked 29 on the German leaderboard.

XKIRA7: WHAT'S YOUR INSTAGRAM NAME?

I think Lisa's seeing Dan.

We don't have to become the fly.

We have to turn the bottle, Lenny.

We have to go onto the Clear Web.

"And so I stagger in fear.

Heaven and earth and their weaving powers around me...

I see nothing but an eternally devouring,

eternally chewing beast."

It's no wonder so many people killed themselves after this book came out.

It's true. It says so online!

If you don't find anything soon, I'll have to commit suicide, too.

For 165 pages, the guy pines after for the woman,

as if love were the only thing that matters!

He doesn't even have a real job! Fucking presentation.

It's a romantic story. I liked it.

- Speaking of which, what about Dan? - What about him?

"Hashtag, serotonin is serotonin"?

- He posted that? - It has a ton of likes.

After three years with the school nerd,

I should go straight to the school drug hookup?

You must think he's hot.

Even if I do think he's hot, it's just chemical reactions in my brain.

I don't need a guy for that.

A DRUG WITH ACTIVE INGREDIENT SEROTONIN

Serotonin is serotonin.

You got everything? Do you want me to make you some coffee?

- Do you drink coffee? - We're fine.

- I can defrost some cake. - No!

Thanks, Dad, but we have to finish our presentation.

Thank you, Mr. Zimmermann.

Don't forget your police work tomorrow.

- Moritz has to help us with a laptop. - Dad!

Hey, it's my birthday soon and I wanted to celebrate with a few friends.

And you thought there'd be another cool fight if I come?

No, I was just thinking.

My uncle does lots of stuff and he has this club.

Yeah, and that's why...

I'm not really a party animal, but I thought, we're getting older.

Seventeen.

Yeah.

I'll have to see, okay?

I'm extremely busy right now.

I'm running a new project with Lenny, it's going really well.

But thank you for inviting me.

That was dumb of me.

Because Dan and Lisa are... because of the photo?

I'll see, okay?

Okay.

SIGN IN PASSWORD

HEY, LIZ IS BACK!

Hey, guys. Guess who's back?

How crazy, you're all still here! It's been a long time.

Hi.

Lenny! Cool of you to call.

Hey.

Yeah, I'm happy to be back. Thanks, qDron.

LISA! HEY! WELCOME BACK!

Gerda.

SKIPS707: HOW WAS YOUR YEAR IN THE USA?

Yeah, America was awesome.

Every day, I met new people and discovered new places.

I tried new things, had new experiences.

HEY, HACKERMAN! THAT'S YOU IN 10 YEARS!

Do you have a good relationship with your parents?

Yeah. I do, actually.

But sometimes I have the feeling they want to replace me.

Fuck you, you fat fucking jerk! Shit! All the fucking snipers.

Sorry. Bad timing, Kira!

Why would they want to replace you?

Well...

I don't know, really.

Don't you have anything like a best friend who you could talk to about it?

Yeah, I do.

But we mostly talk about projects and stuff like that.

Well, now you have me! A complete stranger from the Internet. Perfect!

I don't know. I came back to Germany thinking I had answers for everything.

Spoiler alert! Of course I didn't.

And now I'm back and I ride in the same car on the same streets...

and see the same boring people.

And the whole time, you wait for someone

to finally do something unexpected.

MULTIBILLIONAIRE?

YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME YOUR NAME ON INSTAGRAM

MY NAME IS

LENNY: I DON'T USE INSTAGRAM.

Some concrete evidence would be pretty good about now.

Unfortunately, we didn't find anything on the prepaid phones, either.

I saw this documentary about hackers the other day.

It's not like CSI: Miami. It's a highly complex thing.

So I wouldn't get my hopes up here.

Are you in?

No, that was just an error message.

It really is highly complex.

See? I told you.

He didn't work alone. He's way too dumb for that.

But what can you do? Without evidence, we have no case.

Well...

Have you seen Making a Murderer?

It's insane what's going on in America.

They could really lock him up there, with no evidence.

Well, things are different here in Germany.

Democracy.

PURCHASES

My first thought was to send Buba back to Albania.

But you know what? Turns out he's not Albanian.

His name isn't Buba, it's Jakob Otto. And he's from Saarbruecken.

If you ask me, our little "special agent" Daniel

is shitting his pants for good reason.

I'm sure Mr. Otto will try to find out who betrayed him as soon as he gets out.

And without evidence, we'll have to release Mr. Otto from custody soon.

Unless your son finds a few skeletons on his hard drive.

FORMAT HARD DISK

I'm afraid there's nothing I can do.